When we started Greater London Properties in 2003, we wanted to build the kind of agency we'd want to deal with ourselves. Straight advice, people who know the streets they work in, and clients who come back because we looked after them properly the first time, whether..

For more than twenty years I’ve advised estates, family holdings and portfolio clients across London, on assets from £5 million upwards. The most valuable thing I’ve learned is simple: the right advice and the advice clients want to hear are rarely the same.

The way councils rate hazards in rented homes has had its first real refresh in nearly 20 years. Fewer categories, simpler scores and a new £7,000 penalty. Here is what it means for your property, a handy check list and advice on how to keep well ahead of the rules.

A new government scheme could help first-time buyers purchase with a deposit of just 2.5%. With more details expected at the October Budget, here’s what prospective buyers need to know.